Baltimore - Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced
today that a former Prince Georgeís County Marriage License Clerk, Kameko
Plater, 26,of Old Chapel Court, Bowie, has been served with charges of
felony theft and fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary. Plater is
charged with the theft and/or misappropriation of approximately $1,375
worth of marriage license and certification fees, owed to the State as
revenues, in approximately three months time.

Though a criminal information is merely an accusation of wrongdoing and
every individual is presumed innocent unless the State proves the charges
beyond a reasonable doubt, if convicted of this theft the defendant faces
a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, $1,000 in fines and restitution.
If convicted of the fraudulent misappropriation the defendant faces a
maximum sentence of one to five years in prison.

This case was referred to the Office of the Attorney General by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Prince Georgeís County, whose investigation into
this matter led to Platerís termination of employment with the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Prince Georgeís County.